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Gulf Coast Politics
Louisiana legislature messed up on big insurance bill
(May 28) State legislators failed to show enough spine to block or even improve a terribly misguided insurance-regulating bill, pushed…
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Gulf Coast Politics
A UNO campus gets named for Bob Livingston
(Print edition T-P, May 20) Bob Livingston is finally starting to get his due. On Monday, the longtime former congressman…
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Sports and Culture
On Louisiana’s quintessential cultural collage
(May 18, print edition, T-P) Apologies if this column seems like a written version of a collage, but please give it…
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Gulf Coast Politics
Louisiana should not make homestead exemption even bigger
(May 15) The homestead exemption may be politically sacrosanct in Louisiana, but that is no good reason to make it even…
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Gulf Coast Politics
EDITORIAL: Re-do of Amendment Two is good to do
(Official editorial of the Advocate/Times-Picayune, May 18, 2025) In one way at least, the Louisiana Legislature seems poised to…
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Gulf Coast Politics
Conversion needed for wetlands diversion
(May 11) The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project has become a massive mess, and no easy solutions present themselves. Going forward,…
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Gulf Coast Politics
Landry’s insurance bill invites corruption
(May 7) The Louisiana Senate should not accept a bad insurance-rate bill pushed by Gov. Jeff Landry and passed by…
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National Politics
CLIFF SMITH: Ukraine needs and deserves victory
(Column by Cliff Smith in the Deseret News, May 10) Last week, President Donald Trump became concerned that Russian President Vladimir…
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National Politics
GEORGE WILL: Trump does what Putin wants
(Column by George Will in the Washington Post, May 7, with sarcasm dripping from his keyboard) So this is “the…
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Uncategorized
Why families are flocking to LA scholarship program
(May 4 print edition) The huge demand for the new LA GATOR Scholarship Program should teach lawmakers two things. First, they…
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